Engraving machine



- Feb. 15,1927.

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P. A. BROCK ENGRAVING. MACHINE Filed Jah. 16, 1925 5 sheets-sheet 5 ATTUH/VEY Patented Feb. l5, l927.-

PETER ANTHONY BROCK, OF JERSEY CTY, NEV JERSEY,"ASSIGNOR T THE ENGRAVO- GRAPH CORPORATION, A CORPORATON OEY DELAWARE.

ENGRAVING MACHINE. Y

Application filed January 16, 1925. Serial No. 2,764.

The invention -is an improvement in engraving machines 1n which there 1s relative synchronous reciprocationbetween a tracer and a pattern and between a tool and the Work, and a step-by-step feed of the tracer and tool relatively to the" pattern and Work between working strokes, the oscillation of the tracer as it rides over the'raised pattern being applied throughy electrical means having an electrical contact moved by the tracer arm, to control or .effect the movement of 'the tool into and out of engagement' with th-e work, the tracer and tool being in action during one direction Aofrelative reciproca-y tion only, and'mechanical means being provided for lifting and supporting the tracer arm and the electricallyr controlled tool dur-v ing the idle strokeof the machine. A machine of this type which the present machine more particularly resembles is disclosed in the application rof Bruckner & McKeown, filed July 14, 1922, Serial No. 574,97 7.

In such a machine the tracer armv inl its low positionclosesv an electric circuit kwhich energizes an elcctromagnet which holds the tool away from the work against the action of a spring and ,/or gravity; while, when the tracer is raised, asin passing over raised type face, the circuit is broken and the-tool descends upon the work. lt resulted from this that the action of the mechanical lifting and supporting means referred to was likely to permit the cutting tool to engage the work and make a false cut or nick at the end of the working stroke when the tracer was first lifted and before the tool was properly supported, and again at the end of the idle stroke when the tracer and kthe tool would be simultaneously lowered' until the moment when the tracer arm closed the circuit, whereupon the tool would Vthe magnet briefly at the two end periods of strokes, so that the tool would be electiically supported at these times when the 'operation of thev mechanical supp'crting vmeans would otherwise be likelyto cause it to fall.

An important object of this invention is to do away with this supplementary electrical means and'thernecessity for closely timing its operation, and to provide a wholly mechanical means which not only supports the tracer and the tool out ofengagement with the pattern andthe work during the vidle stroke but also, in itself, specially supportsY the tool at the end periods of the strokes, while the tracer is first lifted breaking the circuit, andV again when the tracer arm is being lowered and until it closes the circuit. 'lhisis accomplished by mechanical lifting,

supporting and loweringl means comprisingv two partshaving successive or overlapping vactioniu respect to the tracer and tool, in

such wise thatthe tool is supported by one part at the end of the working. stroke before the tracer is lifted at all by the other Apart,

. while at the end ofthe idle stroke, orduring the beginning;V of the ,working stroke, the support is notl withdrawn from the tool so that it can touch the'. work until after` the tracer arm has been completely lowered and has closed the magnet circuit.

' In the operation of these machines wherein. the amplitude [of the oscillatory `movements of the tracer riding over the patternA which cause the electrically-controlled Working movementsof the engravingA tool are very small and have to be executed .with reference to a precise level, and wherein the stationary electrical contactis thestop which determines the low position of the tracer, it is necessary that the fixed contact be set with great accuracy and that it be possible to correct the slightest ,misplacen'icnu distortionor vwear in vauvv ofthe parts about the tracer. patent. this couldonly be donecby screwing the fixed contact up or down in its supporting bracket, which had to be done with tools trom `beneath and was very di'fii'cult todo accurately. In the present machine Vthe contact need not be disturbed; but the entire bracket is mounted so thatfit may be shifted in a vertical direction on thev tracer carriage and locked. This permitsofrthe use of a top adjustment acting entre bit-geriet aaa ln the Bruckner @c Mclteown- ACFI having, a readily accessible head foi` easy and delicate finger operation.

Another feature of the present improved machine has to do with means for regulating the direction of travel of the tracer *in the horizontal plane so thatits reciprocatory movements are precisely parallel with the longitudinal lines of the pattern. If the vpattern is set perfectly true, that is to VsaylA not sliOhtl skewed either one wa `or the b y y `other in the horizontal plane with reference to the direction of movement of the pattern- Aholder, it is necessary that the tracer also travel'precisely parallel with the same Vlongitudinal lines. If it should happen that the pattern should be very slightly skewed laterf ally,ftlien the tracer should travel back and Qforth in lines slanting at acorresponding deviation from the true longitudinal direction.

' will v be Tlie'relative angularities may be extremely small, but unless they are adjusted the reproduction of the pattern on the work faulty. In the Bruckner MeKeown machine it was found that even VtheyVe'xcefedinglyi slight warping that might take place in castings would cause trouble 4of this kind.` I h'ave'found a" very simple Yway of correcting any initial error in this respect and for 'compensating for conditions thatv may arise. in the use of the machine, which consists in vsimply providing an arm of the tracer carriage` whichV rides back and V'forth on a feed cam withV a separate shoe *having means for tiltingly adjusting and "inscriptions of difl'ei'en'trsizes; to a means for readily adpisting the operation of the inachine to the best engraving speed through thepaction of the starting device; and to an improved operative connection for causing the mechanical lifting. and circuit-breaking rmeans to be actuated whenever the machine is stopped.k

In the accompanying drawings forming a parthereof: 1

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the machine a'trest;vr i

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof;

Fig. .3V isan end elevation on a. larger scale; Y 4 is a detail rear elevation of control parts in the ruiming condition of the inachine;

Fig. 5 is a cross-section on vthe line 5 5 of Fig. 1, showing' the tool mechanically supported above the work;

Fig. 6 is a transverse section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 1, showing the tracer mechanic-V ally supported above the pattern;

Fig. 7 is a sectional detail view, taken on the line 7 7 of Fig. 1, showing the relation Vcharacter or differently located.

line 10 10 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 11 isa wiring diagram. The machine has a hollow oblong base 1, constituting an enclosure for a spring driving motor 2 and certain mechanism as well as a box for a type drawer 3; and it may also house the battery 4 of Fig. 11, -oi the Y.

source of electrical power may be of another The motor drives a main 4vertical spindle 5 through suitable gearing 6. A centrifugal s peed governor 7,'driven from the gearing, automatically regulates the speedv at which the machine operates. ment 8 of this governoicooperates with the axiallyV movable rotary disk 9, and is'normally appliedrby a spring 1() to hold the mechanism at rest. When the brake element. is released, it permits the motor to start and The friction brake ele-V by varying the extent of its withdrawal, --in the manner 4hereinafter described, the ina-V chine can be set to run faster or slower, according to the results desired.

The spindle 5 carries two peripheral cams 11 and 12 above the base,-and these cams act respectively upontwo parallel horizontal slide shafts 13 and 14, one being above the other and both being guided in bearings in brackets 15 and Y16 which v`rise from the top of the base. The shaft lcarries longitudinally spaced thereon a pattern-holder 17 and a work-holder 18, which are "consequently reciprocated in the sames'ense.. These parts are moved in one Ydirect-ion by the appropriately shapedr cam 11, to be returned in the opposite direction by a spring 19.

Bin arm 2O extended reariif'ard from the lower part of the pattern-holder 17 and bifurcated at its extremity to embrace slidingly a feed cam shaft 21,v liournale'd iii rear Vlower portions of the brackets. 15 and 16,

serves to keep the slide shaft 13 and the pattern and work-holders from turning.

The slide shaft 14 carries a tracer carriage 22 formed as an arm extending rearward and upward from said shaftY and provided at its top with an inverted lJ-shaped bracket 23 over the pattern-holder. In this bracket Lis pivoted a shaft 24 disposed at right angles tothe direction of reciprocation and carrying a tracer arm extendinggenerallyparallel with the direction of reci'procation.

Fixed on thetracer arm is a tracer 26, which is inclined downwardly away from the pivot shaft. The tracer and tracer arm are lurged downward by a spring 27, and on the outer 1 end of the tracer arm is a movableelectrical contact 28. This contact cooperates with stationary contact 29, which is positioned so that the contacts are closed upony each other when the tracer' is down and are separated when the tracer is oscillated upward as the result of engagement with the raised portion of the pattern or type over which it travels.

The tracer rides over thetype in one direction only of the relative reciprocation,

and is held elevated clear of the pattern, in the manner which will be described, during the reverse or idle stroke. While the shaft 13 is lbeing moved lthrough its working stroke (to thejleft of Fig. 1)v by the cam 11, the shaft 14 carrying the tracer carriage is simultaneously moved in the opposite direction by a spring 80, and at the end of the working stroke this shaft and the tracer Y carriage 'are returned bythe cam 12.

rlhe tracer' carriage 22'has an arm 31 projecting rearwardly from its rear lower portion to cooperate with a cam 32 on the feed cam shaft, and a spring arm 33 projecting forwardly from the lower portion of the` carriage Land carrying a Vroller 34 bearing'against a` track 35`-on top of the ba'se serves `by reaction to hold the carriage at all times firmly against this cam.

The engraving or cutting tool 36 is supported in a relatively stationarymanner, that is to say stationary with respect to reciprocation of the other parts, over the workholder 18. It is carried by a primary carvgravity and/or a spring 48V coiled about a post 44 rising from the cross-bar 89 through a suitable opening in the Varm 42, the spring being conhned between the arm and a collar 45 on the post, which collar can be shifted by means of a cam 46 to vary the pressure on the spring. A downwardly projecting tail 47 on the tool arm carries an arma- .ture 48 arranged to be attached by an electromagnet 49 mounted in the primary carriage 87 on a cross-bar 50. The circuit 51, which includes the coils of this magnet and the energizing battery 4, is adapted to be opened and closed Vat the contacts 28, 29, in response to the oscillatory movements of the tracer arm 25. This is represented in the diagram, Fig. 11, where one side of the circuit will be seen passing to ground by way of a binding post 52, contact 53, spring conv,tact 54, and anarm on ashaft 56, Ywhile the other side of the circuit passes from the battery by way of,binding s] iost 57 through the coils of the magnet and thence to the stationary contact 29, and thence, when the tracer is completely lowered, to thetracer arm 25 to ground. Consequentlywhen-the tracer is completely lowered orvin its position nearest the plane .of the pattern, the magnet is energized and the tool is thereby lifted and held away from the work. As soon as the tracer is moved upward from this position or away from the pattern, the magnet is de-energized and the tool moves downward into cutting engagement with the work. f

The manner of4 mounting or shifting the stationary crintactv 29, which constitutes a stop determining the lowest position of the tracer,forms one ofthe novel features of the presentv machine.M As seen'most clearly in Fig. 10, the contact 29 is fixed inthe horizontal arm of an angle bracket 58,"th`e vertical limb 'off which ylies* within a vertical channel 59 in the front face of a top portion 60 of the tracer carriage, where it is applied to the'face of averticallymovable'slide 61. This slide'is niovable vertically by "affinethread screw 62, the upper part of which ,is swiveled at GS in an overhanging flange 64 on the tracer carriage, while its ylower portion is in engagement with a screwlthreaded hole in an angled upper portion 65 on the slide. rlh'e knurled head 66f'on the upperr end of the screw, at the top of the tracer carriage, permits of ready and precise l adjustment. The bracket 58 is connected to the slide 61, and is ,also locked VVin any position to which these parts maybe shifted by the screw 62, by means of a horizontal setscrewA 67, thel forward end of which is threaded into the vertical limb of the bracket 58, the-screw passingf through a hole in the slide 61 and through a comparatively wide vertical slot 68 in thetracer carriage. The head of this screw'likewise binds the terminal 69 of the conductorleading to the fixed contact. The bracket 58 is insulated from the slide 61, and also from the sides of the channel 59 of the tracerA carriage, by an interposed sheet of insulationO of channel form. The screw 67, whichfconducts the current from the terminal 69 to the bracket 58, is insulated fromthe slide 61 bya bushing 71, and from the tracer carriagel by an insulating disk 72 beneath the terminal`r 69.

As in Bruckner t McKeown machine,the tracer and the tool are fedforwardly in a direction transverse to the longitudinal or relatively reciprocatory movement by feed members or cams 32 and 73 on the cam sha-ft 21, heretofore referred to. The cam 32, which coacts with the tracer carriage, has been previously mentioned. The cam 73 acts upon the pivoted primary tool carriage 38, and by the swinging movement of.` thisI carriage advances the pivoted tool arm 42.

v(vertical screw threaded opening through this lug.

Inrconnection with these parts an improved Y means for centering the tool 1s provided.y

To this end one of the side arms 38 of the primary tool carriage 37 is formed with an' lower end of the screw carries a convex foot y76V whichbears upon the top of the cam. yCo'nseoLuently by setting this screw upV or down, 1n a convenient manner, the position of the tool will be shifted forward or rearward, as the case may be.

Means are also provided for regulating Y the horizontalV parallelism or slight angularity ofthe longitudinalr reciprocatory travel of the tracer ArelativeV to the longitudinal movement of the slide 14, in order that the tracer may travel in true parallelism withy the longitudinal'center 'line of the pattern. This means comprises 'a separate vshoe 3l2L onV the under side of the extremity of the arm 3l' of the tracer carriage, this shoe being su'iliciently extended lengthwise of the vmachine to include the ,amplitude of reciprocation of the tracer carriage, and beingprovided'with means whereby it can be slightly tilted lengthwise relatively to the arm of theY 'carriage on which it `is 'mounted Such tilting of the'shoe 1n approximately a vertical plane 1s translated, as the carriage reciprocates with the shoe in cont-act with the feed cam, into slight skewing or rectification in the horizontal plane of the lines of travel of the tracer. i The construction may be somewhat varied, but a simple and satisfactory embodiment is 'one in which the shoe is secured: to they extremity of the tracercarriage arm by two longitudinally-spaced screws 31D, between which Vis a fulcrum projection ,31 on theV arm, upon whichthe foot V`can De rocked by slightly unscrewing one of the screws and tightening the other. A

Y The feed-cam shaft 21- has at one end a knurled wheel 77 by means of which the VVshaft can be turned manually to bring the tracer and the tool to 'the desired starting positions. y Y On the other end of this shaft is a ratchet wheel 78 adapted to be turned by fine grada- `tions by a feed pawl 79, which is pivoted to an upward extension 80 on an arm 8l, which in turn is pivoted toswing on the end of the Shaft 2l. `A yscrew 82 passing downward through the pawl 79 so as to ride on a fixed frame surface enables the effective thrust of the .pawl and the extent to which the shaft is turned at each operation to be regulated. A holding pawl 83 prevents retrograde movement.

The forward end of the oscillatory arm 8l is formed as a convex foot'84 'to ride on top of the cam l2, in order to be acted upon by a ramp or face cam 85 carriedl by this cam member. This ram is properly positioned to raise the arm' l and produce the vslight feed movement of the tracer and tool at the proper times. y

A' link 86 is pivoted at its lower end to. the arm 8l and at its upper end tofa crank 87 on a longitudinal rock-shaft 88, which is journaled in portions of the brackets l5, 16, and extends under the tool arm 42 and behind the tracer carriage 22. This shaft forms an element of the mechanical lifting and supporting means for theV tool and tracer, and Vthrough the connections described isoperated by the ramp 85 at the proper times and held in actuated position bythe ramp for proper period of time; that is to say this rock-shaft is partially turned in the lifting direction at or slightly before theend of the working stroke of the machine andv held in this position throughout the idle stroke, and is then rcaused to return to its original position so as to deposit the tracer again at or slightly after the beginning of the working stroke.

Two parts or branches are operated by the shaft 88 for supporting, respectively, the Y tracer and the tool, Vand-these branches are set or coordinated for lsuccessive oreoverlap-V ping-operation upon the-tool and tracer, as

' previously stated.

The tool-supporting branch includes a linger 89-lying beneath the tool arm 42 and projecting from a hub 90 encircling the shaft, this hub notbeing fixed to the shaft,

Yso that the shaft is capable of turning inside it. The hub and the shaft are connected, however, by a yieldable transmission and storage element consisting of a'spring 91 coiled about the shaft with its opposite ends engaged withV the hub and with a collar 92 fixed to the sha-ft. A pin93 projecting from the sha-ft retains the hub 90 against longitudinal Ymovement, and also cooperates with av shoulder 94 on the hub to determine the normal position of the finger 89, the tension of the spring 91 tending to hold the shoulder against the pin.

The part or branch ofthe lifting and supporting mechanism to act upon the tracer includes a finger 95 fixed to the remoteportion of the shaft 88. A further portion of thisbranch of mechanism consists of a twoshaft 88 and the tracer-arm, so that when the shaftis rocked in1 the'clockwise' direction in this view the tracer arm is not lifted immediately. The finger 89,however,.is then ready to move upward to support the tool-arm'42, and does so beforethe tracer is lifted. The tracer lifting branch then comes into action and lifts the tracer, which breaks the circuit, which would cause the tool to Vfall were it not that vthe tool is already'supported. During continued turning'imovement of the shaft to complete the lifting of the tracer, the shaft 88 turns within the hub -90 of the nger 89, the pin 93` moving somewhat away from the 'shoulder 94, as seen-in Fig. 2.

The parts are held in this condition with boththe tracer and tool mechanically supported while the end 84of the arm 81 rides 'upon the flat top of the ramp 85. When the fend :of the said arm descends the incline 'atA the rear end of the ramp,- the rock-shaft 88'fis turned `in the reverse. direction, 'or

,c,ounter-clockwise. `The immediate result of this is to lower the tracer and close the break in the electric circuit at the contacts VhileV this is `being accomplished, the shaft 88 is turned within the hub 90 of the `Enger 89, the finger continuing to be held in tool-supporting relation by the power stored in the spring 91.` After the tracer has been completely lowered and the circuit has therefore beenv closed so as to energize the lifting magnet 49, the finger 89 is finally moved downward away from the tool. arm.

. A- i starting device for the machine includes the V transverse rock-shaft 56 journaled in 'brackets96, 97 on the base, and having a ffinger push 98 atits'forward end. A nose 99 also on the forward end of thisshaft is adapted to rest upon the top of a finger 100 projecting upward Vfrom a pivoted trigger i101 having a finger-push 102. A spring 103 acts upon the` trigge.r in the direction to hold it in supporting relation to the nose 99. At the end of the forward feed movelment Lof' the tracer and tool, the point of a. screw 104 on a forward lower'extensi'on `105 `ofone of the arms 38 of the primary tool carriage depresses the trigger'101 sufii- VcientlyY to withdraw its finger 100 from beneath the Lnose 99 on the starting shaft 56, whereupon4 this shaft isturned rby the upward pressure of the spring contact 54.

This breaks the electric circuit at this point, v

asthe contact 54 moves away from the contact 53 (Fig. 4).

vInthis movement of the starting shaft 56 the mechanical lifting and supporting means for thet-racer and tool is also operated. In the present' improved machine this is accomplished in` an advantageous 'manner by providing the starting shaft 56 with an abutment 106 which underlies a portion 107 ofthe larm 81 heretofore referredQtoj. Consequently.. when thenmachine stops, the abutment 106 acts to raise the arml 81, .which through the link. 86 before described lifts both y,the tracer and theV tool, and breaks the other side of the electric cil'- cuitV at the contacts 27, 28.

rPhe arm at therear end of'thestarting shaft, which is `acted upon-by the'contactf springz-54, 1' also controls the `spring motor 'of ythe machine. A push-rod 108eX- tendsv downward through the top of the base of the machine, its upperz'end being beneath the arm 55, andf'itslower end being positioned .toV move thebfrictionV brake olement 8 of the speed Vgovernor away`.from

the disk, against the action of thesprin'gflO. The arm 55 acts upon .the upper end of said vrod through Yan exposed vadjustable `vscrew 109, threaded through .the arm. By a con.L venient adjustment-of this screw, therefore, the machine can be adjusteda-to run; at-.the lbest engraving speed. f

The feed shaft 21 is turned lby hand to'set the tracer p. and tool at the desired starting points, and an indicator is provided to apprise vthe operator'of aplurality of starting points, suitable for different widths of `en- `raving `or different classes of work. For t isfpurpose the facenf the rachetwheel 78 is provided with two or more definitely located, angularly spaced, curvedbottom recesses 110, 111, to .cooperate with the rounded end of a detent plunger 112. This plunger. is mounted slidably in a bracket-,113 fixed to the starting shaft 56, and is pressed Vtoward the wheel by' ay spring 114. Vhen the shaft 56 is in the stop position the detent presses against. the face of thewheel in readiness yto drop' into the recessesV wheny they 'arejbrought beneath it throughv the imanual 4turning of the feed-cam. shaft 21 by the vknob 77. .When 'the det-ent snapsinto the rstirecess the operator'is aware thatA he `ha's'brought the parts to one starting position. If the next position is desired,;hecontinues to turnthe knob, thereby camming the detent out of the first recess, and caus- "ing it to ride upon 4the 'face of the wheel until it can drop into' the next recess. When the starting device isv operated to start the machine, the bracket 113 and the 'plunger 112 are moved away from the ratchet wheel so that rthe plunger does not bear upon the wheel'Y during the working of the machine.

theinvention have kbeen described in detail Qin order that they may be properly underc 'What Iclaim as new is:

"1.1m an engraving machine of the Vkind While the matters forming the novelty of iso ' described having a relatively reciprocatory tracerand pattern-holder, a relatively reciprocat-ory tool and work-holder, and electrical means controlled by the'oscillation of the tracer to govern the operation of the tool, mechanical meansfor automatically supporting the tracer and tool out of action during relative reciprocation in one direction, said means comprising two parts which coact with the tracer and tool respectively ina successive manner so as to support-*the tool before lifting the tracer and thereby breaking the circuit of said electrical means, and thereafter to lower the tracer and close the circuit before removing support from the'tool so that it descends upon the work.

2. In an engraving machine of the kind described having a relatively reciprocatory tracer and pattern-holder, a relatively reciprocatory. tool and work-holder, and electrical means controlled by the oscillation of the tracer to govern .the operation of the tool, mechanical meansv for automatically supporting the tracer and tool out'of action during relative reciprocation in one direction, said means comprising a rock-shaft and means for operating the same in synchronism with the reciprocatorystrokes of the machine, and two lingersV on the shaft` adapted to c'oact in a successive manner with the tracer and tool, there being a yielding spring which connects the tool-supporting finger with the rock-shaft. i

' 3. In an engraving lmachine of the kind described having'a relatively reciprocatory tracer and pattern-holder, a relatively reciprocatory toolr and work-holder, and electrical means controlled by Vthe oscillation of the tracerto govern the operation of the tool, mechanical means Yfor automatically support/ing the tracer andV tool out of action during relativereciprocation in one direcvof a tool-supporting iingermounted on said shaft inrsuch manner that the shaft` though operating the finger is' capable of turning relatively thereto, and a coil spring about the shaft connectedk at its opposite ends'with the shaft and the finger respectively, in

.order that the tool-supporting finger may bemovedv to support the tool before the tracer is ,lifted and on the reverse rocking movement will continue to support the tool through the spring until the tracer is com pletely lowered.

5, In an engraving or reproducing machine of the kind wherein a doubly-movable tracer carriage is reciprocated relatively to a pattern and is intermittently fed by a cam or feed member transversely to the reciprocation, a separate shoe on such reciproca* tory tracer carriage bearing slidingly Aon the feed member, andmeans for tiltingly adjusting said shoe on the carriage to vregulate thefdirection of reciprocation of the tracer parallel with the pattern. Y

6. In an engraving or reproducingV machine of the kind wherein a tracer is reciprocated over a pattern and is` intermittently fed transversely to the reciprocation, a

tracer carriage carrying'a tracer in its Vupper portion and pivoted at its lower portion for the feed movement of the tracer, means for reciprocating the tracer carriage, said reciprocatory tracer carriage having a rearwardly extended arm', and a relatively stationary cam shaft and feed cam below said arm, in combination with. a separate shoe on the tracer carriage bearing slidingly on the feed cam, and means for adjusting said shoe on the arm in a longitudinal up and down tiltable manner so as to regulate the direction of reciprocation of the Vtracer in the horizontal plane. y

7. In'an engraving machine of the kind wherein a tool is moved up and down into and out of cutting engagement with the work which is reciprocated, `and is intermittently fed transversely to the reciprocation, said machine having a work-holder, a tool carriage having a tool arm pivoted to its upper rear portion for up movement of the tool supporte on the rforward part of said arm over the wor'k,'said tool carriage being itself pivoted at its lower portion for the feed movement of the tool, an electromagnet in the carriage for actuating the tool arm anda cam shaft and feed cam below the tool carriage, the provision of a portion on one side of the carriagel having c an ooeninodirectl over said cam and a screw movable upland down and adapted to be set in said opening and having a foot which bears upon the cam.

S. In an engraving machine of the kind having a relatively reciprocatory tracer and pattern-holder, a relativelyV reciprocatory tool and work-holder, a feed shaft for producing relatively feed between vthe parts transverse to the reciprocation, and Vmeans whereby the oscillation of the tracer as it moves the pattern is applied through electrical means 'to control the operation of the tool, the combination with a tracer arm carrying the movable member of a pair of electricl contacts, a rock-shaft and lifter adapted to lift. the tracer arm,` an oscillatory arm operating means to turn said feed shaft and down an abutment on said starting device positioned to bear against apart of said osclllatory arm and through said'arm to aetuate 10l the tracer lifter when the nichine is stopped. y Y

PETER ANTHONY BROCK. f 

